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Sir Tim is also not content to let (wonderful as they might be) matters lie. From Wired this morning: …When Berners-Lee created the web, it was a decentralized platform. Anyone could publish a website and link to any other site. … Continue reading →

The inventor of the World Wide Web, as opposed to the inventor of the Internet, is alive and well and being richly-rewarded for his pioneering efforts: Sir Tim Berners-Lee is this year’s recipient of the A.M. Turing Award, the computer-geek … Continue reading →

Just in time for Hallowee’n… In his post, Google Gets Creepier, David Sparks brings up (via ProPublica, by way of Daring Fireball) recent changes in Google’s terms of service (have you read them lately?): …Traditionally, Google has kept web-browsing information … Continue reading →

Today is Ada Lovelace Day!! What?? Ada Lovelace Day is an international celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). OK. Now, who? Graphic from the MakeUseOf article In How Ada Lovelace, the First Computer … Continue reading →

View image | gettyimages.com Found this on The Loop this afternoon: This issue is far from over. We have no idea how this is going to shake out, who will adapt and survive and who will fold. I do … Continue reading →

Graphic from the article iOS 9 has been unleashed! My iPhone and iPod Touch would be more than happy to commence updating, if I let them, but since everyone else in the world is probably doing it, I think I’ll … Continue reading →

View image | gettyimages.com Amy Fitzgerald posted a link to an immensely helpful Google tips article from Time.com in the Ancestry group on Facebook this morning. In 11 Google Tricks That Will Change the Way You Search, Jack Linshi … Continue reading →

Katie Floyd, of the Mac Power Users Podcast, put an interesting post on her blog yesterday: Sending a Mac In For Service. You must read it. All of it. She begins thusly: I’ve been having some trouble with my MacBook … Continue reading →

As with almost everything these days, there’s a lot of advice about computers being bandied about by all sorts of folk. Is it good? Is it bad? Is it indifferent, for that matter? Bryan Clark, at MakeUseOf, posted a very … Continue reading →